Emily Adkins Professor Bouchelle College Composition 14 Dec 2012 A Peaceful Death “Human life consists in mutual service. So grief‚ pain‚ misfortune‚ or "broken heart" is no excuse for cutting off one’s life while any power of service remains. But when all usefulness is over‚ when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death‚ it is the simplest of human rights to choose a quick and easy death in lace of a slow and horrible one (debate.org).” -Charlotte Perkins Gilman (who committed
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My Profession: Medical Assistant Kaplan University My Profession: Medical Assistant I have recently enrolled into the Associates of Applied Science in Medical Assisting (AASMA) program at Kaplan University. Since I have been enrolled in this program‚ I have learned a lot about my profession‚ the courses that I have to take and the skills I need to be a medical assistant. In this paper I will discuss the overview of my profession‚ education requirements‚ current issues relevant to
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Medical Assistant Relatives Medical Assistant Relatives Medical assistants work closely with others in related fields. In the healthcare industry many different job must work together to achieve the same goal. Medical transcriptionist‚ health information technicians‚ and health care administrators will be given a closer look as to how their job duties interact with a medical assistant. The health care field is an enormous scope of employment that depends highly
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killed in U.S. laboratories.” All different types of animals are put through so many different kinds of painful experiments all over the world. Animals should not be used in medical research because of the succession rate and the safety. It has been argued that animals should be used in scientific research because of the medical advantages that come from the tests. The American Heart Association‚ a social services organization in Cincinnati‚ Ohio‚ wrote an article titled Public Policy Agenda 2010-2014
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Communication Paper - Electronic Medical Records The mode of communication that I will be addressing is Electronic Medical Records. There are several different benefits with this type of communication. According to "Center for Studying Health System Change" (2013)‚ “Physicians can focus on the patient and engage in real-time decision making rather than spending time pulling information from a variety of paper sources. They can take full advantage of communication with the patient‚ and also
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“Medical Assistants are the ones that the patient sees first; they are the face of the clinic.” I saw this quote on wiki.answers.com and it really struck me as inspirational and also something to go by when I think about the top qualities that I should possess to become the best medical assistant I can be. This essay will cover the five topics that I feel are the best qualities that a medical assistant should have. Some will be personal qualities while others will be professional qualities as well
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Medical Assistant By Stefanie Oliver I learned a lot in these past four weeks about the career I am going for and what it takes to get there. I learned about the qualifications and education that I need to become a medical assistant. I also learned what the responsibilities are in a medical assistant field. I am going to do everything it takes to make sure I put my all into it to become the best medical assistant I can be. The medical assistant term is between a receptionist and nurse and
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Consultation was obtained from Doctor Dodd who concurred with the diagnosis and treatment recommendations were made. She was subsequently admitted to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment including: surgical repair of the hip. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY Usual childhood diseases‚ she denies previous rheumatic fever or polio. The only surgical history was an appendectomy in the past and repair of the fractured left hip in approximately 1993. SOCIAL HISTORY She lives at home with her husband
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article “Understanding Medical Assistant Practice Liability Issues” by Carolyn Buppert informs about the liabilities of medical assistants. The author points out two issues here: liability for malpractice and exceeding scope of practice. A medical assistant should not exceed his or her scope of practice; otherwise‚ he can face serious consequences. For example‚ if a medical assistant gives a patient the wrong advice‚ and the patient suffers an injury‚ the medical assistant and his employer can be
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Administrative medical assistant duty is to perform the professional working role to provide good customer services to patients and medical staff. A medical assistant is required to perform multitask. They also require to remember much information and to handle multiple tasks. A medical assistant should know how to keep every medical record confidential and also they must not talk to any patients about any kind of medical records. It is their responsibility to keep everything organized in doctor’s
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